Yajia Zhang

Yajia Zhang is an accomplished engineer with extensive experience in the autonomous vehicle industry. Currently serving as an Engineer at Rivian since October 2023, Yajia previously held the position of Senior Staff Engineer at XPENG from January 2021 to October 2023. Prior roles include Senior Robotics Engineer at Cruise from September 2019 to January 2021 and Senior Architect at Baidu USA, where Yajia contributed to autonomous driving initiatives from July 2016 to September 2019. Earlier experience includes positions at Bosch Research and Technology Center as a Senior Research Engineer and Research Engineer between July 2015 and July 2016. Yajia holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and a Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Science from Indiana University Bloomington, as well as a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Software Engineering from Nankai University.